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Brilliant!!  I love that, Pia!  What you did is EVERYTHING!  That’s it.  You’ll be at your goal in no time.  Even though you are hungry now, just focus on how amazing you are going to feel when you wake up tomorrow.  It makes dealing with the hunger well worth it!

Great job!  

That’s it.  I’ve been doing this for a lot of years.  Untangle the confusion: it’s very simple.  Carbon, by weight, in vs. carbon, by weight, out.  But let’s make it even simpler: 5 bites twice a day.  It guarantees that your carbon intake is minimal, it guarantees that you will be full all the time (after the third day), and it doesn’t limit you…[Read more]

When you are on your cruise you will be inundated with food–and it’s free!  SO, be super aware of this fact, and try and have JUST ONE BITE of each item you want to taste.  Order a burger, have one bite, throw the rest away.  Try the fries–one bite–throw the rest away.  I STRONGLY recommend the sit-down dinners; not the buffets.  The food is b…[Read more]

We are definitely all in this together!  

GREAT!  Ask yourself those questions before you take your first bite.  All of a sudden the extra bites will lose their appeal.  Eating perfectly is so much tastier and filling than just eating more bites.

Hi Rachel!

So you took the first big leap and came here.  GREAT!  Now, can you take the next big leap forward?  Can you eat NOTHING but a Snickers bar, twice a day, water and coffee, for a whole week?  It will challenge your constitution, but the reward is extraordinary.  So, what do you think?  

I LOVE it!!  

Exactly right.  

Great!  BRILLIANT, in fact!!  

It’s amazing how hard it is to throw food away at first.  But as time goes on, it gets really easy.  SO, keep working on this talent until you get really good at it!  

Yes, indeed, Lynda.  You are doing great–PERFECT, in fact!  Fantastic, isn’t it?

Brilliant, Lynda!  

Right.  You can do it.  It will be hard, but just imagine how AMAZING you will feel when you wake up tomorrow.  You will feel so excited and so energized.  Keep that in mind, and that should help you defray the hunger that is bound to hit you tonight.  Try and stay away from all food tonight.  Go to your room and read or watch TV.  STAY AWAY FROM FOOD!

Right.  As you all know, I’m not a fan of exercise until you are done.  Light exercise may be OK, though.  Even people in the blue zones (where people around the world live the longest and healthiest) only exercise naturally, but they don’t exercise just to exercise.  (By naturally I mean they walk to get from one place to another for social eve…[Read more]

I’ll be honest, Chloe.  I can’t find it–I may not have recorded it.  Sorry.  But I did delete the duplicate.

Wow.  Your insights are so good and powerful, Chloe!  I think you are right on!  Thank you!  Your contribution here is invaluable!  

I’ll second what Lynda says: You DO look better!  Keep up the great work!  

Good recognition.  If we sit around food too long (like after we are done eating), we pick.  Why?  Just ’cause!  And it’s such mindless eating–it serves absolutely no purpose except to occupy time.  So, get the food away, or get away from the food, and engage in any other distraction.  Your life is worth it!